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What do caregivers provide assistance with?
What do caregivers provide assistance with?
They provide assistance with:
- Instrumental activities of daily living, e.g., transport, shopping
- Activities of daily living, e.g., dressing, bathing
- Emotional care, e.g., social support
- Medication care, e.g., negotiating on behalf of the care recipient
- Financial care, e.g., managing finances
What are the factors associated with increased risk of suicidal ideation in those with brain tumors or tumor survivors?
What are the factors associated with increased risk of suicidal ideation in those with brain tumors ...
1. Psychosocial risk factors = education levels, low SES, lack of employment, being unmarried, early age of diagnosis, and poor health rating
2. Other risk factors = CNS disease and tumor treatment using brain irradiation or surgery
Describe the NP Model of Suicide by Jollant.
Describe the NP Model of Suicide by Jollant.
Based on the process model and the cry of pain model
It uses the same core features and added neurobiological evidence to form a modified NP model of suicide ideation and completion 
- The core traits were renamed as altered modulation of value attrition, reduced regulation of emotional and cognitive responses, and facilitation of acts in an emotional context
What is the APA Ethics Code and what is its goal?
What is the APA Ethics Code and what is its goal?
The APA Ethics Code is a comprehensive guide designed to promote ethical conduct among psychologists
- the goal is to maintain the welfare and protection of persons served by psychologists
Explain the ethical consideration of privacy and confidentiality in geriatric neuropsychology.
Explain the ethical consideration of privacy and confidentiality in geriatric neuropsychology.
1. It is supported by the ethical principle of respect for autonomy 
2. Privacy is a fundamental human right that contributes to one's dignity and freedom of self-determination 
- in the healthcare setting, privacy underlies the right of patients to choose how much of their personal information may be communicated to others
3. Confidentiality is based on the right to privacy and sets limits to the patient information that healthcare providers can share with others 
- it is a legal requirement for healthcare providers
4. Privilege is a related legal concept that allows certain professional relationships protection from disclosure in legal proceedings 
- it belongs to competent patients and applied to the psychologist-patient relationship
5. Evaluation and treatment services provided for older adults are often interdisciplinary in nature, involving a number of healthcare professionals
- increases the potential for violations of patient privacy